Broad Street Historic District
- Address: Broad St between 5th and 13th Sts
- Neighborhood of Downtown, Augusta in Augusta, GA
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1825/03/24 | Marquis de Lafayette | Guest of Honor | Lafayette is entertained at a public banquet and a ball, in Augusta, GA. They stayed at the 1st Planter's Hotel (burn down 1836). The site, Jones St at Macartan St became Fire Department Headquarters, also known as Chemical No One. | Lafayette's Triumphal Tour of America | ||
1870/03/31 | Woodrow Wilson | Visitor | Robert E Lee spends two nights, 30th and 31st, at the Planter's Hotel at 945 Broad, NW corner of Macartan St (razed). Hundreds pay their respects during the forenoon of 31 March. | |||
1870/03/31 | Robert E Lee | Guest of Honor | Robert E Lee spends two nights, 30th and 31st, at the Planter's Hotel at 945 Broad, NW corner of Macartan St (razed). Hundreds pay their respects during the forenoon of 31 March. | |||
1878/02/07 | Built in 1830, the Farmer's Market at 5th and Broad Sts, is destroyed by a tornado. One columns remains. |
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Lamar Building |
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